This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xiii. kirghiz home life. Observing in the course of the evening that Ak-Mamatoff seemed to be very much interested in something Bii Tabuk was telling him, I asked what it was about, when he told me the following story, which illustrates some of the workings of the Mohamedhan law relating to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xiii. kirghiz home life. Observing in the course of the evening that Ak-Mamatoff seemed to be very much interested in something Bii Tabuk was telling him, I asked what it was about, when he told me the following story, which illustrates some of the workings of the Mohamedhan law relating to murder. Among the Kirghiz, as among many other Mohamedhan people, murder is not punished with death, but the murderer is condemned to pay a fine to the relatives of the murdered man, proportionate to his wealth. And in case he is not able to pay the sum fixed upon, he is obliged to serve them as a slave until the debt is paid. An old man, or woman, or a child--especially a female child--is esteemed at less than a man or woman in the prime of life. This was the story: --Two brothers who had quarrelled entertained a deadly hatred of each other. One determined to be revenged. He, therefore, one night murdered a little orphan niece--a deformed child left to his care by a dying sister--and placed the dead body at the door of his brother's tent, where it was found. The circumstantial evidence was considered sufficient to convict the innocent brother of the crime, and he was condemned to pay a heavy fine to the real murderer, as the only surviving relation. The injured man, however, cast around awhile, and at last found in another aul a great-aunt, about eighty years old, whom he murdered, and placed at the other's door. The first murderer was condemned in his turn to pay a fine to the second murderer; and as the old woman and crippled child were considered of about equal value, their accounts were squared. The Kirghiz are generally allowed to arrange their quarrels in their own way, but among those who are Russian subjects General Kaufmann has..
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